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Combined expenditures of all governments in Canada, 1944
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| Dominion | Provincial | Municipal | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ thousands | ||||
| Public welfare | ||||
| Health and hospital care | 1,747 | 35,978 | 17,235 | 54,960 |
| Labour and unemployment insurance | 32,855 | 2,001 | - | 34,856 |
| Relief | 5 | 3,383 | 2,852 | 6,240 |
| Old age and blind pensions | 39,544 | 17,243 | 273 | 57,060 |
| Other | 5,902 | 16,857 | 23,894 | 46,653 |
| Total, public welfare | 80,053 | 75,462 | 44,254 | 199,769 |
| Education | 4,704 | 66,433 | 99,501 | 170,638 |
| Transportation | 176,498 | 63,969 | 42,232 | 282,699 |
| Agriculture | 74,745 | 14,792 | - | 89,537 |
| Public domain | 11,729 | 20,366 | - | 32,095 |
| National defence | 885.812 | - | - | 2,885,812 |
| Veterans' pensions and aftercare | 109,660 | - | - | 109,660 |
| Mutual aid | 860,465 | - | - | 860,465 |
| Expansion of industry | * | - | - | - |
| Price control and rationing | 192,006 | - | - | 192,006 |
| Debt charges, net (excluding retirements)1 | 311,411 | 57,514 | 37,405 | 406,330 |
| Other expenditures | 95,966 | 40,995 | 93,433 | 230,394 |
| Total, expenditure (excluding inter-governmental transfers) | 4,803,049 | 339,531 | 316,825 | 5,459,405 |
| Inter-governmental transfers | ||||
| Dominion subsidies to provinces | 14,445 | - | - | 14,445 |
| Provincial subsidies to municipalities | - | 3,290 | - | 3,290 |
| Vacation of tax fields2 | 82,977 | - | - | 82,977 |
| Gasoline tax guarantee2 | 10,357 | - | - | 10,357 |
| Nova Scotia highway tax | - | - | 440 | 440 |
| Municipal Commissioner's Levy (Manitoba) | - | - | 878 | 878 |
| Interest on Common School Fund and School Lands Fund Debentures | 1,585 | - | - | 1,585 |
| Total, inter-governmental transfers | 109,364 | 3,290 | 1,318 | 113,972 |
| Grand total | 4,912,413 | 342,821 | 318,143 | 5,573,377 |
| * Refunds in 1944 to 1945 exceeded expenditures. | ||||
| Notes: - Figures as at governmental fiscal year ends nearest December 31, 1944. Certain inter-governmental transfers are neither conditional grants nor payments for services and cannot, therefore, be offset against any specific expenditure. - Many terms used in the Canada Year Books are no longer used today for reasons such as their offensive connotations, changes in place name or organization name, or terms becoming obsolete. These terms have been left as they appear in the original yearbooks. |
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| 1. Excludes interest on common school fund and school lands fund debentures shown above under intergovernmental transfers. | ||||
| 2. As per Dominion-Provincial Taxation Agreement Act. | ||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. | ||||
